Bible in Basic English
"On the day of our king, the rulers made him ill with the heat of wine; his hand was stretched out with the men of pride."
— Hosea 7:5, Bible in Basic English
“In the day of our king the princes have made him sick with bottles of wine; he stretched out his hand with scorners.”
“On the day of our king the princes made themselves sick with the heat of wine; he stretched out his hand with scoffers. ”
“On the day of our king, the princes made themselves sick with the heat of wine. He joined his hand with mockers.”
“At the celebration of their king, his princes become inflamed with wine; they conspire with evildoers.”
And they do not say to themselves that I keep in mind all their sin; now their evil acts come round them on every side; they are before my face.
In their sin they make a king for themselves, and rulers in their deceit.
They are all untrue; they are like a burning oven; the bread-maker does not make up the fire from the time when the paste is mixed till it is leavened.
On the day of our king, the rulers made him ill with the heat of wine; his hand was stretched out with the men of pride.
For they have made their hearts ready like an oven, while they are waiting secretly; their wrath is sleeping all night; in the morning it is burning like a flaming fire.
They are all heated like an oven, and they put an end to their judges; all their kings have been made low; not one among them makes prayer to me.
Ephraim is mixed with the peoples; Ephraim is a cake not turned.